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French Revolution

Total questions: 99

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What 2 things inspired the French Revoultion

a)

The Enlightenment

b)

The Civil War

c)

The American Revolution

d)

Monarch going to war

2.

Natural rights should be protected by who?

a)

citizens

b)

government

3.

Who said If government doesn't work for the people, the people should overthrow it.

a)

Napoleion Bonaparte

b)

The Jacobians

c)

John Locke

d)

King Louis XVI

4.

During the American Revolution the colonists were ____________ with England.

a)

unhappy

b)

happy

c)

satisfied

5.

Click the reasons the colonists were unhappy with England?

a)

the government wasn't working for them

b)

the government was working with them

c)

government was protecting thier natural rights

d)

government was not protecting thier natural rights

6.

The Colonists decided to overthrow the government from England and establish a new one. This type of governemtn would serve as a model for who?

a)

Spanish

b)

French

c)

English

d)

German

7.

In the old regime, The First Estate was made up of 3 estates. The first estate was the?

a)

nobility

b)

everyone else

c)

Roman Catholic Clergy

8.

In the old regime, The First Estate was made up of 3 estates. The second estate was the?

a)

Roman Catholic Clergy

b)

Everyone else

c)

Nobility

9.

In the old regime, The First Estate was made up of 3 estates. The third estate was the?

a)

Novbility

b)

Roman Catholic Clergy

c)

Everyone else (97%)

10.

In the old regime who paid all taxes?

a)

The Roman Catholic Clergy (1%)

b)

Everyone else (97%)

c)

Nobility (2%)

11.

In the old regime who owned 25 % of the land?

a)

The Roman Catholic Clergy (1%)

b)

Everyone else (97%)

c)

Nobility (2)

12.

In the Old Regime who owned 15% of the land?

a)

Nobility (2%)

b)

Everyone Else (97%)

c)

Roman Catholic Clergy (1%)

13.

What were three causes of the French Revolution?

a)

Social Imbalance

b)

Social Injustice

c)

Absolutism

d)

American Revolution

e)

financial crisis

14.

Which King incurred great debts due to the American Revolution and poor money habits?

a)

King Louis XVI

b)

King George XVI

c)

King Henrt XVI

15.

Would the banks loan King Louis XVI any more money?

a)

Yes

b)

No

16.

Check all the characteristics that apply to King Louis XVI (16)?

a)

strong

b)

weak

c)

extravagant

d)

plain

e)

bad leader at a time of crisis

17.

Choose the consequences of a financial crisis.

a)

Economy slows down.

b)

increase in the number of jobs

c)

incomes expand

d)

job shortage

e)

hunger, homelessness, unable to pay taxes

18.

The King tried to fix the financial crisis by raising ______. This was another example of poor money habits.

a)

increase taxes

b)

increase the cost of medical care

c)

increase the cost of food

19.

What 2 things did the Third Estate request?

a)

unfair representation and votes

b)

every male citizen have a vote

c)

fair represenation and votes

d)

females have a vote

20.

Did the King grant or deny the request from the Third Estates for fair represnetation and greater representation in the Estates-General.

a)

Grant

b)

Deny

21.

What did the Third Estate do after they are refused a voice in the Estates-General?

a)

Accepted it and moved on

b)

protested

c)

secceded

22.

What did the Third-Estate form when they were refused a voice in the Estates-General?

a)

The Intenational Assembly

b)

The Peoples Assembly

c)

National Assembly

23.

What did the National Assembly symbolize?

a)

The end of a Democracy

b)

The end of a Monarchy

c)

The end of a Republic

d)

Then end of an Absolute Monarchy

24.

The National Assembly returned to the Estates-General and were shut out.

a)

True

b)

False

25.

The National Assembly and the reprsentative govt. of the Third Estate meet where to write a new constitution?

a)

King's Basketball court

b)

King's Swimming Pool

c)

King's Tennis court

d)

King's government chambers

26.

What did they call the new constitution?

a)

Tennis Court Oath

b)

Baskeball Oath

c)

The King's Constitution

d)

Bill of Rights

27.

Riots break out when the National Assembly and the Third Estate Meet. What is stormed by a mob of angry peasants?

a)

The Bastille

b)

The King's Courthouse

c)

The Genral-Estate headquarters

28.

Riots break out when the National Assembly and the Third Estate Meet. What is stormed by a mob of angry peasants?

a)

The Bastille

b)

The King's Courthouse

c)

The Genral-Estate headquarters

29.

What was the Bastille?

a)

prison and armory

b)

courthouse and jail

c)

grocery store and marketplace

30.

During the National Conventino who is imprisioned?

a)

The King

b)

Members of the Third Assembly

c)

Members of the Third-Estate

31.

Legislature takes over as government and raises what to protect France from outside invansion?

a)

taxes

b)

money

c)

army

32.

What did the Legislature use to stop "enemies" inside of France?

a)

guiliotine

b)

shooting range

c)

public hangings

33.

Who became the most powerful within the National Convention?

a)

Jacobins

b)

Nobility

c)

National Army

d)

Peasants

34.

The Jacobins formed a new government leadership and named who as the leader of the Committee of PUblic Safety?

a)

King Louis XVI

b)

King Henry XIII

c)

Robespierre

d)

Napoleon Bonaparte

35.

Robespierre can be described as what type of leader?

a)

storng and fair

b)

weak and powerless

c)

dictator

36.

Robespierre used the guillotine to stop enemies. He held mass executions of 25,000-40,000 people. This was known as the ?

a)

Reign of the Guillotine

b)

Reign of Hope

c)

Reign of Terror

37.

Robespierre called those he executed what?

a)

Enemies of the National Convention

b)

Enemies of the Revolution

c)

Enemies of the King

38.

Those Robespierre killed using the guillotine were mostly nobles and the king and queen.

a)

True

b)

False

39.

Robespierre was seen as too radical and was what also?

a)

praised

b)

promoted to a higher position

c)

executed

40.

What was the Directory?

a)

a group of 2-4 radical leaders

b)

a group of 5 moderate leaders

c)

a group of men in charge of everything.

41.

How long did the Directory last?

a)

4 years

b)

2 years

c)

3 years

d)

10 years

42.

Who became a rising star during the time of the Directory as a member of the military?

a)

King Louis XVI

b)

Robespierre

c)

Napoleon Bonaparte

43.

What is a coup d'etat?

a)

violent overthrow of government

b)

peaceful protest

c)

meeting to establish a constitution

44.

Napoleon sates a coup d'etat in 1799 and takes the title of?

a)

first consul

b)

King

c)

Emperor

45.

Check of what Napoleon Bonaparte accomplished.

a)

establish a prison system

b)

establish a national banking system

c)

end taxes

d)

restored church's position in France, please the Pope

e)

Creates system of laws called "Napoleonic Code" legal system

46.

Napoleon sets up an efficient taxing systme and ends government corruption.

a)

True

b)

False

47.

Napoleon Bonaparte crowns himself what?

a)

Emperor

b)

King

c)

Nobility

d)

Peasant

48.

Who was crowned Emperor in 1804?

a)

Napoleon Bonaparte

b)

Czar Alexander

c)

King Louis XVI

49.

In what year was Napoleon crowned emperor?

a)

1805

b)

1804

c)

1806

d)

1812

50.

Napoleion led armies to conquer surrounding territories.

a)

True

b)

False

51.

As a result of his strong military, Napoleon controlled most of ________ by 1812.

a)

Asia

b)

Africa

c)

Europe

d)

France

52.

By what year, did Napoleon control most of Europe?

a)

1804

b)

1812

c)

1822

d)

1813

53.

Napoleon's Empire included parts of?

a)

Spain

b)

Modern Day Germany

c)

Austria

d)

Italy

54.

Click the 3 mistakes that Napoleon made during his reign.

a)

Blockade of Britain

b)

Storming of the Bastille

c)

The Peninsular War

d)

Invasion of Russia

55.

The Blockade of Britain was known as the ...

a)

Iberian Peninsula

b)

Scorched Earth Policy

c)

Continental System

56.

The Blockade of Britain was mean to weaken Britain's _________ and ________ power.

a)

economic and political

b)

social and goverment

c)

social classes and religious

57.

The Blockade of Britain was men to prevent trade between Britain and ___________.

a)

Asia

b)

Australia

c)

Europe

d)

Africa

58.

Was the Blockade of Britain successful?

a)

Yes

b)

No

59.

During the Peninsular War, Napoleon invaded who?

a)

Spain and Portugal

b)

France and Netherlands

c)

Portugal and France

60.

Spain and Portugal make up the?

a)

Italian boot

b)

Moscow

c)

Iberian Peninsula

61.

Was the Peninsular War sucessful?

a)

No

b)

Yes

62.

Over how many lives were lost during the Peninsular war?

a)

200,000

b)

500,000

c)

300,000

63.

Beginning in June of 1812, Napoleon led his armies into ?

a)

Spain

b)

Italy

c)

Russia

d)

France

64.

Who pulled Napoleon's troops further into Russia, killing livestock along the way?

a)

Napoleon Bonaparte

b)

Otto von Bismarck

c)

Czar Alexander I

65.

Czar Alexander I burnt fields and killed livestock as her advance through Russia. This was called?

a)

Scorched Earth Policy

b)

Continental System

c)

Waterloo

66.

Russians pulled French armies into ________, which they had burned down, leaving nothing to sustain French soldiers.

a)

Paris

b)

Moscow

c)

Elba

67.

French armies were caught off guard by _________ and died.

a)

hot and dry summers

b)

snow and freezing temperatures

c)

rain and flooding

68.

Did many soldiers return to France?

a)

Yes

b)

No

69.

Was Napoleon's invasion of Russia successful?

a)

Yes

b)

No

70.

What did Napoleon do after the the defeat in Russia?

a)

Left his men and surrendered his throne

b)

Left his men and returned to the throne

c)

Stayed and continued to fight with his men

71.

Where was Napoleon exiled to?

a)

Russia

b)

Britain

c)

Elba

72.

What was Elba?

a)

an island of the coast of Italy

b)

an island of the coast of France

c)

an island of the coast of the Netherlands

73.

Napoleon escaped from Elba, joined up with his supporters, and attempted to regain power.

a)

true

b)

false

74.

After escaping Elba, Napoleon was defeated at?

a)

Moscow

b)

St. Helena

c)

Waterloo

75.

After being defeated at Waterloo, Napoleon was exiled to where?

a)

France

b)

St. Helena

c)

Iberian Peninsula

76.

As French armies conquered lands and people, they spread enlightenement ideas and the story of their revolution. This included:

a)

Continental System

b)

Natural Rights

c)

Social Contract Theory

d)

Limited Government

77.

What did Napoleion try to impose on conquered people?

a)

French customs and culture

b)

Spanish customs and culture

c)

French Relgion and beliefs

78.

People conqured by Napoleon began to feel more loyalty to their original national customs and culture.

a)

True

b)

False

79.

What is the belief that one's greatest loyalty is to a shared culture, including common history, language, religion, and nationality, not to a leader or a border.

a)

social contract theory

b)

unitfication

c)

nationalism

80.

What did Napoleon's empire actually ignited across Europe?

a)

unification

b)

social idealism

c)

nationalism

81.

What was Congress of Vienna?

a)

meeting of powerful European Leaders

b)

meeting of powerful Asian leaders

c)

meeting of powerful African leaders

82.

What did the Congress of Vienna establish?

a)

Reestablish balance of power

b)

led armies to conquer surrounding territories

c)

all lands take by Napoleon were returned

d)

reinstated absolute monarchs

83.

The influence of the Enlightenment idease and rise of feelings of nationalism caused the people to want?

a)

unlimited governments

b)

Absolute Monarchies

c)

limited governments

84.

As a result of Nationalism, what formed across Europe?

a)

Roman Catholic Churches

b)

Protests and Riots

c)

new nation-states

85.

What were two consequences of the Nationlist movement?

a)

unification of different states that shared common interests.

b)

breaking apart of new nation states

c)

separation of splintered groups from current government to form one that was more representative of their own interests.

d)

blockades

86.

The Greeks rebelled against who to become an independent nation in 1830?

a)

Ottoman Empire

b)

Belgium

c)

Russia

d)

France

87.

Click the coutries that sought independence after the Greeks rebelled against the Ottoman Empire.

a)

Belgium

b)

Russia

c)

Italy

d)

France

88.

What did the German Confederation consits of?

a)

49 loosely-jointed states

b)

39 loosely- jointed states

c)

15 countries

d)

29 city states

89.

Who led the unification movement in Germany?

a)

Prussia

b)

Russia

c)

France

d)

Germany

90.

Who were the most powerful conturies in the German Confederation?

a)

Austria and Prussia

b)

Russia and Austria

c)

Russia and Prussia

d)

Italy and France

91.

What is a style of power politics that was forceful in Bismarck?

a)

realpolitik

b)

real politics

c)

monarchies

92.

After several wars, Germany unified.

a)

True

b)

False

93.

Who led the unification of the North Italian states?

a)

King Wilhelm

b)

Napoleon

c)

Otto von Bismarck

d)

Camillo di Cavour

94.

Who was prime Minister of Germany?

a)

Otto Von Bismarck

b)

Camillo di Cavour

c)

Giuseppe Garibaldi

95.

Who appointed Otto Von Bismarck as prime minister of Germany?

a)

King Wilhelm I

b)

King Louis XVI

c)

King James I

96.

What was the most powerful and larges state in Italy?

a)

Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia

b)

Kingdom of Sandhills- Piedmont

c)

Kingdom of Piedmont and Bluehills

97.

Camillo di Cavour conquered other occupied nothern Italian lands.

a)

True

b)

False

98.

Who captured Sicily in the South and continued to move north, unifying the Italian states?

a)

Napoleon Bonaparte

b)

Camillo di Cavour

c)

King Victor Emmanuel II

d)

Giuseppe Garibaldi

99.

Once united, who led Italy?

a)

King Victor Emmanuel II

b)

King Louis XVI

c)

King Wilhelm I